OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 15815

adjuvant

/ˈæd͡ʒʊv(ə)nt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
adyuvante
Of a form of therapy or treatment: additional, supplementary; specifically (oncology), of a cancer treatment: given after removal of a primary tumour.
Adjuvant chemotherapy, [Paul] Carbone conjectured, could be the surgeon's little helper. It would eradicate microscopic deposits of cancer left behind after surgery, thus extirpati…